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, E 25 παραδείγμασι κτλ. The visible heavens may be used as a moving orrery, but nothing more. ὁμοίως κτλ. is a singularly apt illustration, because the special feature of Daedalus' statues was that they moved (Euthyph. 11 B ff., Men. 97 D ff., Eur. Frag. 373).
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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